Spring residents LaTroya and Arthur Woolridge with their son and daughter twins, who were born two weeks apart.

Spring residents LaTroya and Arthur Woolridge with their son and daughter twins, who were born two weeks apart.

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Spring resident LaTroya Woolridge gave birth to her twins at just six months and Houston doctors kept one of her children inside her for two weeks to keep him growing and alive.

Spring resident LaTroya Woolridge gave birth to her twins at just six months and Houston doctors kept one of her children inside her for two weeks to keep him growing and alive.

Photo: LaTroya Woolridge

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Spring resident LaTroya Woolridge gave birth to her twins at just six months and Houston doctors kept one of her children inside her for two weeks to keep him growing and alive.

Spring resident LaTroya Woolridge gave birth to her twins at just six months and Houston doctors kept one of her children inside her for two weeks to keep him growing and alive.

Photo: LaTroya Woolridge

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Spring resident LaTroya Woolridge gave birth to her twins at just six months and Houston doctors kept one of her children inside her for two weeks to keep him growing and alive.

Spring resident LaTroya Woolridge gave birth to her twins at just six months and Houston doctors kept one of her children inside her for two weeks to keep him growing and alive.

Photo: LaTroya Woolridge

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Spring resident LaTroya Woolridge gave birth to her twins at just six months and Houston doctors kept one of her children inside her for two weeks to keep him growing and alive.

Spring resident LaTroya Woolridge gave birth to her twins at just six months and Houston doctors kept one of her children inside her for two weeks to keep him growing and alive.

Photo: LaTroya Woolridge

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Spring resident LaTroya Woolridge gave birth to her twins at just six months and Houston doctors kept one of her children inside her for two weeks to keep him growing and alive. Here is her husband, Arthur, with his children.

Spring resident LaTroya Woolridge gave birth to her twins at just six months and Houston doctors kept one of her children inside her for two weeks to keep him growing and alive. Here is her husband, Arthur,

Spring resident LaTroya Woolridge gave birth to her twins at just six months and Houston doctors kept one of her children inside her for two weeks to keep him growing and alive.

Spring resident LaTroya Woolridge gave birth to her twins at just six months and Houston doctors kept one of her children inside her for two weeks to keep him growing and alive.

Photo: LaTroya Woolridge

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Spring resident LaTroya Woolridge gave birth to her twins at just six months and Houston doctors kept one of her children inside her for two weeks to keep him growing and alive.

Spring resident LaTroya Woolridge gave birth to her twins at just six months and Houston doctors kept one of her children inside her for two weeks to keep him growing and alive.

Photo: LaTroya Woolridge

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Spring resident LaTroya Woolridge gave birth to her twins at just six months and Houston doctors kept one of her children inside her for two weeks to keep him growing and alive.

Spring resident LaTroya Woolridge gave birth to her twins at just six months and Houston doctors kept one of her children inside her for two weeks to keep him growing and alive.

Photo: LaTroya Woolridge

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'Some high miraculous power' at work during Texas twins' birth 14 days apart from each other

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Giving birth has been described as a miracle, but a Texas mother's story of giving birth to her twins 14 days apart from each other redefines miraculous.

Spring residents LaTroya and Arthur Woolridge are the proud parents of twins Amara and Arthur III, who were born two weeks apart from each other.

On January 17, a day where flood-producing rains swept across the Houston area, LaTroya felt contractions so strong she vomited. With her husband out of town for work, she drove herself to Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Hospital.

"It was terrifying," LaTroya told Chron.com. At just 24 weeks pregnant and without family or friends, the Louisiana transplant gave birth to her daughter, who began to fight for her life at 1 pound, 3 ounces. Story continues below.

When LaTroya Woolridge of Spring, Texas, was preparing to bring twins into the world, the last thing she expected was that they would each be born under two pounds — and two weeks apart

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"I didn't know what was about to happen. After being triaged, I remember the nurse calling my doctor, then transporting me to a birthing room where I was told I was in active labor," LaTroya said. While LaTroya delivered her daughter on January 17, her son, Arthur, wasn't quite ready to see the world.

Twins are typically born minutes apart from each other, but this wasn't the case for LaTroya's children. "For Arthur's birth, we waited and waited and waited and nothing ever happened," LaTroya said.

A shocking 14 days went by before doctors decided to take Arthur out through a cesarean section on January 31. LaTroya developed a slight fever and the doctors didn't want an infection to develop.

Those 14 days were crucial to Arthur's development. He was born at 2 pounds 2 ounces with an 80-90 percent survival rate, while his sister only had a 50-60 percent survival rate at 24 weeks.

"The miracle is not a medical miracle. There's something higher - some high miraculous power - working there to keep the second baby in there," said David Weisoly, D.O, medical director of the NICU at Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Hospital.

Amber Samuel, M.D., maternal-fetal medicine specialist and Andrea Richter-Werning, M.D., LaTroya's obstetrician, together helped LaTroya through her pregnancy and delivery. Dr. Samuel says a birth like LaTroya's, called a delayed interval twin delivery, occurs in less than 1 in 1,000 twin births.

Throughout the process, the couple's friends, family and faith helped the couple through the trying time by giving cards and flowers, but LaTroya said the prayers were the most important thing during the process.

"The hospital clergy played a vital role in keeping us positive. He saw us a few days after Amara's birth and after that, he made a point to see us, even if it was just to say, 'How are you doing today?'" LaTroya said. "I didn't feel any need to be negative or feel down and I knew I had to keep good spirits to benefit my son."

After the trying start of their lives, the twins continue to fight and grow in the NICU. As of Wednesday, Dr. Weisoly says Arthur weighs 6 pounds 11 ounces and his older sister weighs 5 pounds 6 ounces. While LaTroya and her husband visit their children ever day after work, the twins are close to going home soon, Dr. Weisoly says.

"It was a lot of prayer and our family and friends is what sustained us during that time. And still during this NICU journey as well," LaTroya said. "The thing is it's a really, really great story, but the struggle behind the story is totally different. The story behind premature birth is something I never imagined. I just didn't think of this happening and the reality of it is quite devastating, but on this home stretch, I see the light."